Bathing apparatus.



No. 774,657. PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904. L. S. DUDLEY (in D. R. BEBOUT.

BATHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1904.

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PATENT QEEICE.

LEON S. DUDLEY AND DELMAR R. BEBOUT, OF EFFINGHAM, ILLINOIS.

BATHING APPARATUS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.774,657, dated November 8, 1904. Application filed anuary 9, 1904.Serial No. 188,811. (NdmodeL) To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LEON S. DUDLEY and DELMAR R. BEBOUT, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Efiingham, in the county ofEfiingham and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Bathing Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in bathing apparatus, the objectof which is to provide a means for cleaning the entire person withoutresorting to the use of the bathtub or bowl.

In such houses as are not provided with running water it is oftendifficult and always inconvenient to obtain sufficient water andapparatus wherein one may bathe; but by the use of our improvement itrenders possible a daily bath with no more than a pitcher of water, ifnecessary.

Our device can be made and sold at a comparatively small cost, is easilyand quickly placed in position and taken down, and Will last practicallya lifetime, its other advantages being that one can take a shower-bathwith ease and facility, regulating the commingling of hot and cold waterat Will, and the device itself occupies but little space when out of useand may be taken down and stowed away. 7

To these .ends our inventionconsists. in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, such as will be more fullydescribed hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the reservoir, parts being shown in full lines. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the shower attachment. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view ofa syringe attachment. Fig. 4: is a detail perspectiveview of a means for connecting the handle and support, and Fig. 5 is adetail top plan view of a means for retaining the handle in uprightposition.

A indicates the body of the reservoir, which is divided into twopreferably equal chambers by means of the longitudinally-extendingpartition 1, one chamber designed to receive hot and the other coldwater. The upper and lower ends of the reservoir are preferably slightlyrestricted, as shown, and to the neck 2 are secured the pairs of rigidshoulders 3 3, located opposite each other, one shoulder of each pairbeing beveled, as shown at 4.

A bail 5 is provided, the ends 6 6 of which are bent inwardly toward oneanother and, piercing the neck 2, are upset or otherwise secured againstdisengagement. The bail is provided with an enlarged centralportion 7,having a slot 8 formed therein, which slot is adapted to receive thehead 9 of the rod 11, the rod and head being connected by means of thereduced portion 10, which is of a length coincident with the thicknessof the material of which the bail is formed. This rod is received withinthe tube 12, which at its lower end is provided with a ring or thickenedportion 13, through which passes a set-screw 14:, the inner end of whichengages the rod to adjustably secure the rod and tube together. Theupper end of the tube may be formed into or provided with a hook or eye15, adapted to be received upon any suitable hook or other support 16,attached to the ceiling or other preferred location.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the height of the reservoirabove the floor may be adjusted to suit existing conditions, such as theheight of the person using the bath, by means of the rod, tube, andset-screw, the rod being connected to the bail by means of the head 9,is passed through the slot 8, and is then turned at right anglesthereto, the reduced portion 10 lying in the slot and the shoulder 16setting against the bail and held tightly. The resilient bail itself isheld in upright position between the pairs of shoulders, it beingpossible to swing the bail away from the shoulders and permit it to restupon the reservoir by forcing it over the beveled faces 4 of theshoulders, and that portion of the bail located opposite the shouldersmaybe beveled, as at 4:, to assist the bail in passing over theshoulders.

The reservoir is provided with a cover or plug 17 for closing the upperopen end, and the neck is also provided with a ring 18, by

means of which the reservoir is supported at a lower position upon ahook, nail, or other convenient projection on the wall when the deviceis to be used as a fountain-syringe, as hereinafter explained.

The lower restricted end of the reservoir is closed and provided withstop-cocks 2O 20 located therein, one cock leading from the chamber oneach side of the partition 1, and the lower ends of the cockscommunicate with a mixing-chamber comprising an invertedcup-shapedmember 21, to which the lower ends of the cooks are secured, and adischargecap 22, removably secured to the cup-shaped member by means ofthreads 23 engaging corresponding threads 24: on the member 21. Theinterior of the cap is provided with an annular wall 25 of less heightthan the height of the mixing-chamber, the cooks adapted to dischargethe contents of the reservoir within this wall 25 to thoroughlycommingle the contents from the two chambers into which the reservoir isdivided, and the contents is adapted to fill the space inclosed by thewall and overflow into the annular outer space 26, provided withperforations 27, through which the water is showered or sprayed upon theperson standing below. The water may be caught in a foot-tub in whichthe bather stands.

e deem it wise to provide a second cap similar in all respects to thefirst, save that the perforations are larger, whereby one cap may besubstituted for the other, and in the event that it is desired to useour device as a reservoir for a fountain-syringe we provide the deviceshown in Fig. 3, which comprises a cap 27, provided with threads 28,wherebyit may be attached to the cup-shaped member 21, the cap 27 havinga short tube 29 depending therefrom, an annular shoulder 30 being formedon the free end thereof for the reception of one end of a rubber tube,for instance.

Our reservoir is preferably constructed to hold about six quarts ofwater and may be suspended from the ceiling by raising the bail toupright position, affixing the rod and tube thereto, and lifting thehook or eye on the upper end of the tube into engagement with the hookin the ceiling without the necessity of mounting a chair.

By means of our invention one can take a cold or hot bath in summer orwinter and the user can regulate the flow of water from either chamberof the reservoir until he has obtained the desired temperature.

It is evident that changes might be made in the form and arrangement ofthe several parts described without departing from the spirit and scopeof our invention, and hence we do not wish to limit ourselves to theexact construction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bathing apparatus comprising a reservoir having inlet and outletopenings, a bail movably secured to the reservoir, the bail providedwith an aperture therethrough, a rod, a head formed at one end thereofand received in the aperture in the bail, a reduced portion. connectingthe head and rod, and a shoulder formed at the point of connection ofthe reduced portion and the rod, the shoulder adapted to engage thebail.

2. A reservoir comprising a plurality of independent chambers, a mixingreceptacle,

' means extending between and connecting each of the chambers with themixing-receptacle, awall in the mixing-receptacle within the spaceinclosed by which the contents of the chambers is discharged, andwherein the contents are commingled, the receptacle provided withdischarge-perforations outside the wall over which latter the contentsescape.

3. A reservoir comprising a tank, having an inlet-opening therein, apartition dividing the tank into chambers, each chamber communicatingwith a portion of the inlet-opening, a mixing-chamber, tubes connectingthe mixing-chamber with each tank and interchangeable caps carried bythe mixing-chamber.

4. The combination with a compartment-reservoir, of a mixing-chamberwith which each of the compartments is connected and interchangeablecaps removably secured to the mixing-chamber and forming part thereof,the

v caps provided with outlets for the discharge of the commingledcontents of the reservoir.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

LEON S. DUDLEY. DELMAR R. BEBOUT. Witnesses:

H. B. WEMSING, C. L. NOLTE.

